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British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research 14(10): XX-XX, 2016, Article no.BJMMR.25148 ISSN: 2231-0614, NLM ID: 101570965
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The Impact of Body Mass Index on the Surgical Outcomes in Open Rectal Cancer Surgery Ali Solmaz1*, Osman Bilgin Gülçiçek1, Elif Binboğa1, Aytaç Biricik1, Candaş Erçetin1, Hakan Yiğitbaş1, Erkan Yavuz1, Atilla Çelik1 and Fatih Çelebi1 1
General Surgery Clinic, Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. Authors’ contributions
This work was carried out in collaboration between all authors. Authors AS and OBG designed the study, authors AS, AB and HY performed the statistical analysis, wrote the protocol and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Author EB helped to collect the data of all patients. Authors CE, EY, AÇ and FÇ managed the analyses of the study. Author AS managed the literature searches. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25148 Editor(s): (1) (2) Reviewers: (1) (2) Complete Peer review History:
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Original Research Article
Received 20 February 2016 Accepted 21st March 2016 Published 31st March 2016
ABSTRACT Technical difficulties which affect the outcomes of abdominal operations are common in obese patients, especially in rectal and gastric cancer cases. In several studies, it has been shown that increased body mass index (BMI) is associated with increased morbidity, reduced lymph node retrieval and prolonged hospital stay after colorectal surgery. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of obesity on the surgical outcomes (surgical margin, number of lymph nodes excised) of rectal cancer patients who were operated by open surgery. One hundred rectal cancer patients who underwent open surgery in a single center between January 2011 and August 2014 were included in this study. Patients were divided into two groups according to their BMI values. 2 According to their preoperative BMI values, patients with a BMI of ≥30 kg/m (n=29) were defined as 2 ‘obese’. Patients with a BMI of
